Sketches of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of Thomas Jefferson: With Selections of the Most Valuable Portions of His Voluminous and Unrivaled Private CorrespondenceA. Francis and W. Boardman, 1832 - Počet stran: 556 |
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Strana 114
... peace friends . We might have been a free and a great people together ; but a com- munication of grandeur and of freedom , it seems , is below their dignity . Be it so , since they will have it . The road to happiness and to glory is ...
... peace friends . We might have been a free and a great people together ; but a com- munication of grandeur and of freedom , it seems , is below their dignity . Be it so , since they will have it . The road to happiness and to glory is ...
Strana 115
... peace , contract alliances , establish commerce , and do all other acts and things which independent states may of right do . cal connection between And for the support of this declaration , [ ] with a firm reliance on the protection of ...
... peace , contract alliances , establish commerce , and do all other acts and things which independent states may of right do . cal connection between And for the support of this declaration , [ ] with a firm reliance on the protection of ...
Strana 126
... peace with us . His insinu- ations are , that although ' the high tone of the instrument was in unison with the warm feelings of the times , this sentiment of ha- bitual friendship to England should never be forgotten , and that the ...
... peace with us . His insinu- ations are , that although ' the high tone of the instrument was in unison with the warm feelings of the times , this sentiment of ha- bitual friendship to England should never be forgotten , and that the ...
Strana 140
... of so many years , as eminently conducive to the peace and happiness of the State ; much confusion , and probably civil commotions would attend the propos- ed change ; and finally , that an appeal should 140 LIFE , WRITINGS , AND OPINIONS.
... of so many years , as eminently conducive to the peace and happiness of the State ; much confusion , and probably civil commotions would attend the propos- ed change ; and finally , that an appeal should 140 LIFE , WRITINGS , AND OPINIONS.
Strana 155
... passed ; but the main body of the work was not entered upon , un- till after the general peace , in 1785 ; " when , " says Mr. Jefferson , by the unwearied exertions of Mr. Madison , in opposition OF THOMAS JEFFERSON . 155.
... passed ; but the main body of the work was not entered upon , un- till after the general peace , in 1785 ; " when , " says Mr. Jefferson , by the unwearied exertions of Mr. Madison , in opposition OF THOMAS JEFFERSON . 155.
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Strana 417 - If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
Strana 140 - Those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God, if ever he had a chosen people, whose breasts he has made his peculiar deposit for substantial and genuine virtue.
Strana 38 - And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God ? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath?
Strana 168 - That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities.
Strana 163 - Almighty God hath created the mind free, and manifested his supreme will that free it shall remain by making it altogether insusceptible of restraint; that all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments, or burthens, or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and are a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion...
Strana 117 - He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither.
Strana 474 - I believe this on the contrary the strongest government on earth. I believe it the only one where every man, at the call of the law, would fly to the standard of the law, and would meet invasions of the public order as his own personal concern.
Strana 418 - ... a jealous care of the right of election by the people, a mild and safe corrective of abuses which are lopped by the sword of revolution where peaceable remedies are unprovided; absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the majority, the vital principle of republics from which there is no appeal but to force, the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism...
Strana 163 - ... established and maintained false religions over the greatest part of the world, and through all time; that to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical...
Strana 394 - I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.